CONTROL OF A VISIBLE LIGHT ARRAY TO DESCRIBE DEFECTS IN VEHICLE ROAD WHEEL

A vehicle wheel defect indicator system includes a visible light array mounted on a vehicle wheel, a processor, and a memory communicably coupled to the processor and storing a light array control module. The light array control module includes computer-readable instructions that when executed by the processor cause the processor to, after a defect is detected in the vehicle wheel, determine a lighting scheme associated with the defect, and control operation of the visible light array to implement the lighting scheme. The visible light array may be attached to the vehicle wheel and is automatically controllable to implement the lighting scheme to communicate the wheel defect. This enables the nature of a detected wheel defect to be communicated to a user or other person without the need to couple an OBD (On-Board Diagnostics) scanner to a vehicle diagnostics port.